Bowman v. City of Moorhead

Loking, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant on the pleadings declaring that the revised charter of the city of Moorhead, approved at the election of January 7, 1947, is valid and in full force and effect. The complaint sought to have that charter declared void and of no effect and to enjoin and restrain defendant from issuing certain bonds in excess of the debt limit prescribed by the original charter of defendant.

Defendant adopted a home rule charter in 1900 under Minn. Const, art. 4, § 36. In December 1946, a board of freeholders presented a proposed revision of…